I am in no way diluting Saddam's atrocities, but merely suggesting that 1. Saddam didn't act in a vacuum. Turning a blind eye or providing the means are surely serious concerns, and 2. he's not the only leader with innocent blood on his hands.
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The U.S. supplied the materials and technology for these weapons of mass destruction to Iraq at a time when it was known that Saddam was using this technology to kill his Kurdish citizens.
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24,865 civilians were reported killed in the first two years
Women and children accounted for almost 20% of all civilian deaths
US-led forces killed 37% of civilian victims Post-invasion criminal violence accounted for 36% of all deaths
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